Hammock-couch.



HAMMOGK COUCH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1912.

1,093,036. Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

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EGIBERT G. COOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAMMOCK-COUCH.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EGBERT C. Coon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hamn1ock-Couches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hammock couches, and has reference more particularly to that type of hammock couches which may be used interchangeably as a couch or as a suspension seat.

The general object of my invention is to improve and simplify the construction of devices of this class, more particularly with reference to the end suspension-pieces and the means for connecting the latter to the ends of the couch-bottom frame, to a backpiece, where the latter is employed, and to the usual clue-cords by which the device is suspended.

Heretofore it has been customary to permanently attach the lower edges of the end suspensionpieces to the transverse end bars of the couch bottom-frame, as by means of a fastening strip lying within a hem or pocket on the lower edge of the suspensionpiece and screwed or bolted to the end bar of the couch-bottom frame.

In accordance with my present invention, I provide a readily detachable connection at this point which simplifies the construction and assembling of the parts, facilitates renewal and repairs of worn parts, and promotes ease of storage and shipment. It has also heretofore been customary, in attaching the clue-cords to the end suspension-pieces, to pass the lower ends of said cords around suitable stiffeners or spreaders mounted in hems or pockets on the upper edge of said suspension-pieces.

My present invention also comprehends an improved means for attaching the cluecords to the upper edges of the end suspension-pieces, by which there is less wear upon both the clue-cords and the material of the end suspension-pieces, and a greater degree of strength and durability is secured.

The structural features of my present invention, and the advantages which result therefrom, will be readily understood when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein I have illustrated Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 16, 1912.

Patented Apr. 14, 191st. Serial No. 720,488.

an approved mechanical embodiment of my invention, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of one end portion of a couch hammock embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional detail on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional detail on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, omitting the clue-cord.

Referring to the drawing, 5 designates the longitudinal bars of the couch-bottom frame, and 6 the transverse end bars of the same, the latter being shown as of angle-iron form riveted to the ends of the longitudinal bars 5. 7 designates the usual couch spring secured to the end bars of the bottom frame and supporting the cushion or mattress indicated at 8; these parts being all as usual in devices of this character.

9 designates one of the end suspensionpieces, which is made of canvas or other stout cloth, and is formed with hems or pockets l0 and 11 on its lower and upper edges, respectively. In the lower pocket 10 r is mounted a snugly fitting steel rod 12 which may be readily inserted or withdrawn by a simple endwise movement.

18 designates each of a plurality of dupli cate suspension hooks, the lower ends of which engage beneath the depending flange of the frame end-bar 6, as clearly shown in the detail View Fig. 2. The upper ends of the hooks 12 are formed with open or slotted eyes 14 which embrace the rounding sides of the lower pocket 10 of the end suspensionpiece 9 and the rod 12 contained Within said pocket, forming a snug fit around the sides of said pocket and rod, when the latter is in place, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The slot or opening in the upper side of each eye 14: is, however, of sufiicient width to permit the collapsed or flattened pocket to be readily drawn through said slot or opening when the rod 12 has been withdrawn from the pocket.

I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed to clamp a stiffened lower edge of an end suspension-piece directly to and beneath an end-bar of the couch-bottom frame by horizontally disposed clips, clamps or hooks. In such a construction there is strong tendency for the stiffener and frame bars to be warped or twisted under the strain into the plane of the suspension-piece.

By disposing the lower edge of the end suspension-piece above the end-bar of the bottom frame and locating the connector hooks 13 in the plane of the end suspension-piece, I avoid this warping or twisting tendency, besides securing a stronger and more flexible connection.

WVithin the upper pocket 11 is fitted a thin metal spreader-bar or strap 15; and through said spreader-bar and the walls. of the pocket are formed registering holes, in which are secured metallic gromets 16, through which are passed the clue-cords 17.

\Vhen the device is used as a suspension seat, a back-piece is preferably employed; and I have herein shown such a back-piece comprising a cloth 17 formed with a hem or pocket 18 in its upper edge within which is inserted a stiffening-bar 19. The lower edge of the back cloth 17 may be secured, as by cords 20, to the spring 7, and the end suspensioirpiece 9, is attached to the stiffening-bar 19 by means of an angularly bent extension 15 of the spreader-bar 15, and a bolt 21 passing through the said extension 15 and the stiffening-bar 19.

a, I claim 1. In a hammock couch, the combination with a couch-bottom frame comprising rigidly connected side and end bars, of a fabric end suspension-piece having a stiifener at its lower edge disposed above and spaced from an end-bar of said couch-bottom frame, and connector devices disposed in the plane of said end suspension-piece separably attached at their upper ends to said stiffener and formed with hook-shaped lower ends directly engaging beneath said end-bar and suspending the latter from said end suspension-piece.

2. In ahammock couch, the combination with a couch-bottom frame comprising rigidly connected side and end bars, of a fabric end suspension-piece having a pocket formed in its lower edge disposed above and spaced from an end-bar of said couch-bottom frame, a stiffener-rod in said pocket, and connector devices disposed in the plane of said end suspension-piece formed at their upper ends with eyes receiving said pocket and rod and with hook-shaped lower ends directly engaging beneath said end-bar and suspending the latter from said end suspension-piece.

3. In a hammock couch, the combination with a couch-bottom frame comprising rigidly connected side and end bars, said end-bars formed with depending flanges, of a fabric end suspension-piece having a pocket formed in its lower edge, a stiffener rod in said pocket, and connector devices formed at their upper ends with eyes receiving said pocket and rod and with hookshaped lower ends directly engaging beneath the depending flange of one of said end-bars and suspending the latter from said end suspension-piece.

EGBERT G. COOK.

WVitnesses SAMUEL N. POND, HARRIET A. CRANNELL.

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